The first self-financing Engineering College in the name of Bharath Institute of Science and Technology BIST was started in Tamil Nadu in 1984 by Sri Lakshmi Ammal Educational Trust established by the academic visionary Dr.S.Jagathrakshakan The trust then started Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital in 1989 Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital was first recognized as a Deemed to be University by MHRD in July 2002 under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956 under the new trust Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research BIHER The Bharath Institute of Science and Technology BIST was then brought under the ambit of Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research BIHER in Jannuary 2003